A health risk assessment for fluoride in Central Europe

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-102

  Fordyce, F M ^a   Vrana, K ^b   Zhovinsky, E ^c   Povoroznuk, V ^d   Toth, G ^e   Hope, B C ^a   Iljinsky, U ^f   Baker, J ^g  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b HYDEKO KV   (Slovakia)

^c National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine ^*  (Ukraine)

^d INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^e Niobium BT   (Hungary)

^f Association of State Geologists Moldova   (Moldova)

^g SELOR eeig   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; Fluoride; GIS; Hungary; Moldova; Risk assessment; Slovakia; Ukraine; Water

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

DENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLDOVA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVAKIA; STANDARD; TOOTH DISEASE; UKRAINE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MOLDOVA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVAKIA; UKRAINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; MOLDOVA; SLOVAKIA; UKRAINE;

EID: 33947617230     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-006-9076-7     Document Type: Article

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